Free (or well, almost free) Broadband for all! And the technology to do it. NOW!

This NYT article points out something I have been hoping would come along for awhile, affordable broadband access for communities.Meraki is the company that makes the physical Broadband web connection as easy as installing an analog phone box in a new house so grandma can use her Princess phone. And networking a shared broadband (DSL [...]

Posted at 1:31 am on February 6, 2007 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

On Our Laurels (or "Why Kentucky Needs an Anti-Laureate”)

I realized today (or this morning) that I have had three writing teachers in my lifetime that were Laureates – and one Anti-Laureate!
Sena jeter Naslund, 2005-2006 Poet Laureate of Kentucky, Amiri Baraka, 2001 Poet Laureate of New Jersey (asked to step down because of his 9.11 poem, “Somebody Blew Up America”), Lawrence Ferlingehtti, Poet Laurate [...]

Posted at 6:17 am on January 22, 2007 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Uncategorized | read on

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Bil Brown is a graduate of Naropa University’s Kerouac School. He has been a editor, publisher, art director, photographer, designer, publicist and technology consultant for commercial and creative projects around the globe since 1991.You can view his creative website at BILBROWNDOTCOM.

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